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Use Elements Wisely

For best results, follow these essential guidelines.

Gold and Silver Foil

Treat the Foil as its own color that will print on top of the rest of your design, obscuring anything beneath. Foil should take a different shape than any of the artwork below it to prevent a messy halo effect.

Spot Gloss and Raised Gloss

Think of Gloss as an enhancement to the existing colors of your main design file. The exception to this rule would be if you’re adding a gloss design over a dark, solid color.

Want print perfection? Use our checklist!

Printing with Elements is a unique challenge, so make sure it meets these requirements.

Text

Text

Keep all text at 10pt or higher.

Lines

Lines

Sharp lines need to be at 1pt or thicker.

Imagery

Imagery

Make artwork a vector PDF, photographs at 300dpi or higher and file size a maximum of 25Mb.

MOO Size

Bleed Area: 88mm x 59mm

Trim: 84mm x 55mm

Safe Area: 80mm x 51mm

Make sure important aspects of your design (like text and logos) are inside the safe area (to avoid the chop!)

How to Prepare Your Design

Create Two files

One for the artwork, one for the Elements. The artwork file will house the main design image. CMYK colour file in PDF, PNG, JPG, or GIF format. The element file will define where the element is applied on top of your design. B&W PDF file only.

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Bleed Area: 69mm x 69mm

Trim: 65mm x 65mm

Safe Area: 61mm x 61mm

Make sure important aspects of your design (like text and logos) are inside the safe area (to avoid the chop!)

How to Prepare Your Design

Create Two files

One for the artwork, one for the Elements. The artwork file will house the main design image. CMYK colour file in PDF, PNG, JPG, or GIF format. The element file will define where the element is applied on top of your design. B&W PDF file only.